Author: JuvenalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Thirteen Satires
Author: JuvenalThirteen Satires of Juvenal
Author: John E. B. MayorPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382809109
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1872. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Thirteen Satires of Juvenal
Author: JuvenalThirteen Satires of Juvenal
Author: Decimus Iunius IuvenalisPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 356
Book Description
Thirteen Satires of Juvenal
Author: JuvenalThirteen Satires
Author: JuvenalD. Iunii Iuvenalis Saturae XIII. Thirteen Satires of Juvenal
Author: JuvenalPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Satire, Latin
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
The Reference Catalogue of Current Literature
Author: Catalogue of Books in the Library of Queen's College, Belfast
Author: Queen's University of Belfast. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : College catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 994
Book Description
Juvenal: Satires Book V
Author: John GodwinPublisher: Aris and Phillips Classical Te
ISBN: 1789622174
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Juvenal's fifth and final book of Satires consists of three complete poems and one fragment and continues and completes his satirical assessment of the Rome of the early second century AD. The poems treat us to a scandalised exposure of folly and vice and also the voice of sweet reason as the poet advises us how to live our lives - all delivered in the hugely entertaining tones of a great master of the Latin language. There is here laugh-out-loud humour, razor-sharp descriptions of the sights, sounds and smells of ancient Rome and also some of the most moving lines of this extraordinary poet. All four poems promote the value of human life and the need to accept our lives without worshipping the false gods of money, power or superstition. Satires 13 and 14 both deal with our need to use money without being enslaved by it, Satire 15 is an astonishing tour de force description of the cannibalism perpetrated in a vicious war in Egypt, while the final unfinished poem in the collection looks from a worm's-eye view at the advantages enjoyed by men enlisted in the Praetorian guard. The Introduction sets Juvenal in the history of Roman Satire, explores the style of the poems and also asks how far they can be read as in any sense serious, given the ironic pose adopted by the satirist. The text is accompanied by a literal English translation and the commentary (which is keyed to important words in the translation and aims to be accessible to readers with little or no Latin) seeks to explain both the factual background to the poems and also the literary qualities which make this poetry exciting and moving to a modern audience.